I'm sitting here on my fabulous couch watching the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. And waiting for my Thai food to arrive. It occurred to me that I could live blog the event, but frankly I just don't have the stamina right now. Periods of heat and rain at the market today made much of the day rather miserable. However, I got to deliver some syrup to Public, a fantastic restaurant on Elizabeth Street, where Mark Simmons, of Top Chef 4 fame, works in the kitchen. We had a short chat about his recent marriage.
The opening ceremonies are fucking fantastic. The countdown and subsequent fireworks just gave me chills. Incredible. Incredible. Incredible. Considering the culture of China, and the world's perspective on China, it should make for an interesting games.
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- Lee Houck
- Lee Houck was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His novel, Yield was the winner of Project QueerLit, and was published by Kensington Books in 2010. His writing appears in several anthologies including From Boys to Men and Hair, and in Collection, a limited-edition chapbook. Additionally, he has worked with Jennifer Miller's Circus AMOK! for many, many seasons. Also: LeeHouck.com.
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"Solid, unsentimental storytelling..."
--Publisher's Weekly
"A sparkling entry from a promising young queer author."
--ANX National
"Brisk and buoyant, Yield is an engaging debut that captures big city hustle with small-town heart."
--Richard Labonte; series editor, Best Gay Erotica
"Yield is a subtle novel that creeps into your soul...a story of unexpectedly finding your place in the world."
--Emanuel Xavier, author of Christ Like
"Witty and wrenching, Yield is required reading for anyone who wants to know what it means to be young, gay and without a roadmap in today's world."
--Vestal McIntyre, author of Lake Overturn
"Yield is a bold and shocking story concerned with humanism. It's a dazzling and sometimes dangerous foray into post-queer realism."
--Charlie Vázquez
"...Literary, subtle and heartfelt poems..."
--John Stahl, Ganymede
"A complex, evocative, and unforgettable book."
--Jeff Mann, author of A History of Barbed Wire
"...if Ernest Hemingway and Zelda Sayer had status updates." --Stephanie Hughes
--Publisher's Weekly
"A sparkling entry from a promising young queer author."
--ANX National
"Brisk and buoyant, Yield is an engaging debut that captures big city hustle with small-town heart."
--Richard Labonte; series editor, Best Gay Erotica
"Yield is a subtle novel that creeps into your soul...a story of unexpectedly finding your place in the world."
--Emanuel Xavier, author of Christ Like
"Witty and wrenching, Yield is required reading for anyone who wants to know what it means to be young, gay and without a roadmap in today's world."
--Vestal McIntyre, author of Lake Overturn
"Yield is a bold and shocking story concerned with humanism. It's a dazzling and sometimes dangerous foray into post-queer realism."
--Charlie Vázquez
"...Literary, subtle and heartfelt poems..."
--John Stahl, Ganymede
"A complex, evocative, and unforgettable book."
--Jeff Mann, author of A History of Barbed Wire
"...if Ernest Hemingway and Zelda Sayer had status updates." --Stephanie Hughes
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1 comment:
Ha. I thought "Public" was an Aldi-style discount supermarket when I first saw you mention it. I thought, "How nice that the good maple syrup is going to the poor grocery store." Now I get it.
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